Diocese of Wichita Dioecesis Wichitensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 25 counties in southeast Kansas |
Ecclesiastical province | Kansas City in Kansas |
Statistics | |
Area | 20,021 sq mi (51,850 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 979,000 120,527 (12.8%) |
Parishes | 90 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 2, 1887 (137 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Carl A. Kemme |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Fred Naumann |
Map | |
Website | |
catholicdioceseofwichita.org |
The Diocese of Wichita (Latin: Dioecesis Wichitensis) is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Kansas in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.[1]